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D. HESTON.

' PAPER BOX. No. 315,283. Patented Apr. '7 1885.

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DAVID HEsToN, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,283, dated April 7,1885. Application filed October 21, 1884. (Ne model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID HESTON, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paper Boxes, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents an end view of apaper box embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinalsection thereof in line a: m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a side elevationthereof, partly open. Fig. 4 represents a view of one portion of the boxin flat condition for packing, transportation, or storage.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in theseveral figures.

My invention consists of improvements-in paper boxes, as will behereinafter fully set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a paper box consisting of theexterior portion, A, of the box and inner portion, A. The exteriorportion, A, is formed of a tube open at one end, and closed at the otherend by the tongues a and slots b in the flaps of the latter end,although I may employ for said end any locking device which may bereadily opened, so that the tube may be flattened out, as is well knownin some classes of paper boxes. The inner portion, A, of the box isformed of the bottom 0, sides d, front end, 6, rear end, f, flaps g,projecting laterally from the end 0, and tongues h, projecting laterallyfrom the end f.

In the side pieces, d, are slots j, which are parallel with the tonguesh, when the latter are unfolded, as in Fig. 4.

To produce the portion A from the form shown in said Fig. 4, the sides dand ends 6 f are turned up, and the flaps g entered between the sides dand rest thereagainst. The tongues h are turned against the outer facesof the sides d and inserted into the slots j, thus locking the endsf andsides 01. The body or portion A, as now formed, is introduced into theportion A, and the box may be placed on a shelf, counter, &c., orcarried,

as desired.

When opening of the box or access to the contents of the same isdesired, the body A is partly withdrawn and the end pulled down, theinterior of the box being exposed. The goods or article in the box maynow be removed without disturbing the exterior part or casing, A, of thebox, said portion, if on a shelf or counter, remaining in such location.Should the article be sold, the portion A may be displaced from theshelf, &c., the portion A" with the article in the latter inserted inthe former, the flaps 9 being returned to their. proper position incontact with the sides d, and

thus the box is held closed, and the article may be nicely carriedtherein.

which serves to close. the top of the body A at said end, especiallywhen said body is part- 1y opened, and also preventing the entrance ofdust when the body is fully returned intothe portion A.

At the bottom of the front end, 6, is a tab, m, for convenience ofwithdrawing the portion or body A from the exterior portion. Forpurposes of packing, transportation,

and storage the portions A A are separated, and the parts of the portionA opened and spread out, as in Fig. 4. tongues of the closed end of theportion A are also disconnected or withdrawn from the slots 12,- andsaid portion may be flattened and i 1.

the two portions placed one on the other, it

being evident that a number of each portion.

may be nicely packed or bundled, wrapped, carried, shipped, 8m.

. The box will be found to be admirably adapted for shoes, slippers,flowers, &c.

Having thus described myinvention, what The locking- I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Apaper box formed of an exterior to.- bular portionhaving one endthereof open and one end closed, the closed end being formed of flaps,and an interior portion having slotted sides, and an end havinglocking-tongues, the other end thereof having flaps resting within thebox, and a top flap, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A box formed of an exterior tubular portion having an open end, andan interior portion or body having a bottom, 0, sides 11, having slotsj, ends 6 f, flaps g, and tongues h, said interior portion being adaptedto slide in and out of the exterior portion, and. when drawn out tohaveits front end let down, exposing the interior of the box withoutdisturbing the exterior portion, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

